Recent content by tbranan

That's weird. Last night, my wife told me that our HR24 in our bedroom was acting weird. She said it wouldn't come on at first, and then she said she tried to watch something that was recorded, and it was "blocky and broken up" on the screen. We tried to watch something that was recorded on it...

You asked "why" people would "move"? The main reason I used to "move" was my locals were all SD and they were visually horrible. Why would I watch network TV in crappy SD on my gigantic HDTV when there was a signal already coming to my house in beautiful HD? Like others have said, Directv...

NBC On Demand is basically like Hulu. You have to watch the commercials to get to see the episode. At least you can scrub forward on Hulu, but you still have to watch the commercials you "skipped". Like others have said, record off your local and you can tap dance all around the other stuff.

Thanks for the responses, guys. While I am glad to hear that it is SOP, I still would have liked a call first. From a human, preferably.

Hey, guys, I have a weird scenario to run by you: We had an install done on January 26th. The installer was a contract guy, but he was very fast and efficient. Got every thing right the first time and was quick about it. Today, my wife calls me while I am at work and says Directv is there to...

Anyone know the approximate time that it takes Directv to take a returned receiver off of your account? An installer took two HR20's from my house last Saturday, but they are still showing as active on my account.

I can't believe I confused Discovery HD with Universal HD. How many times did I watch the sunrise on Discovery HD? Thanks for clearing that up, Iceberg. I will rest easy tonight.

Anyone got a total number on full time HD channels now? And, does anyone remember when all we had in HD was ESPN, HDNet, HDNet Movies, Universal HD, and ....uh, crap! What was the last one?! We only had 5 HD channels! What was the fifth? That's gonna drive me crazy...

I hope I can keep both. I hadn't heard the rule on distants. And, yeah, the ABC subchannel thing just happened here in the last year or so. It is awful.

Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS. And, yes, they are HD only. But, the ABC affiliate says its HD and it is NOT. One of the worst pictures I have ever seen on a digital signal. Thankfully, I still have a waiver for ABC and Fox and those are STILL on my account. (I expect them to disappear any time...

I agree, but I wasn't going to argue with the guy! I'd much rather have the H24. This guy didn't know the Genie could do PiP either. He actually thought I was pulling his leg. I showed it to him and he said, "We just got these boxes. I have only installed 4 or 5 of them." And, for the...

Ok, I called last Friday afternoon and started out with "cancel---cancel----cancel" to get to retention. Told the rep that I was thinking about canceling because I was "moving"(not a TOTAL lie, I was considering it for 6.4 seconds and the rep couldn't SEE the quotes around "moving") and he...

I've got a similar issue and plan on "moving" to back my old address to get an HR 34 and I also need a new slimline 5 installed. My question: how long do I have to stay put before I can "move" again? And, when I "move" back, what do I say to keep them from wanting to roll a truck to my new...